Did You Know That Drug Overdose Deaths Fell By 20% In Trump's First Year?

[Billlewis]

Doesn't sound like someone who's repeatedly been called 'Hitler' by the corporate media, does he?

[Anpu23]

You're e talking about this chart right?

Annual Drug Overdose Death (DOD) Rates by US Census Region From October 2015 to October 2024

"The chart originated in a report (archived here) published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) titled "Decline in US Drug Overdose Deaths by Region, Substance, and Demographics" published online on June 12, 2025. Researchers were addressing the question "When did US drug overdose deaths (DODs) begin to decelerate, and was that decline uniform across substances and demographics?"

This repeated cross-sectional study of DOD rates was conducted from January 2015 to October 2024, using data from the National Center for Health Statistics and US Census Bureau. Decedents included those whose drug poisoning death was classified as unintentional, intentional (suicide or homicide), or undetermined intent, identified by International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision codes for external overdose causes and T codes for opioids, cocaine, and psychostimulants (eg, methamphetamine)."

Direct quote. Problem is the study ended in October of 2024 before Trump took office, of course it's easily argued that his first term did flatten the curve 2017-2021 but he can't take credit for the sharp decline at the tail end.

[Twodogs0525]

I did, I'm sure the left didn't, they were to busy protesting a dictatorship being toppled and criminals being evicted from my beautiful country.

[Mike_Hum]

Fentanyl deaths and illegal border crossings have also collapsed. Those two are related.

[Surely]

I’ll give Trump’s ideas of lowering drug related deaths a thumbs up. But us non drug users are paying for the free narcan that is handed out like candy! I believe that the Senile Old Man started the freebies.

[robocop666]

Thats good I did not know that

[Anonymous]

Great Job!